IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.4.1.82

Accepted name: galactinol—sucrose galactosyltransferase

Reaction: α-D-galactosyl-(1→3)-1D-myo-inositol + sucrose = myo-inositol + raffinose

For diagram of reaction click here.

Glossary: raffinose = β-D-fructofuranosyl α-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→6)-α-D-glucopyranoside

Other name(s): 1-α-D-galactosyl-myo-inositol:sucrose 6-α-D-galactosyltransferase; α-D-galactosyl-(1→3)-myo-inositol:sucrose 6-α-D-galactosyltransferase; raffinose synthase; RafS

Systematic name: α-D-galactosyl-(1→3)-1D-myo-inositol:sucrose 6-α-D-galactosyltransferase

Comments: 4-Nitrophenyl α-D-galactopyranoside can also act as donor. The enzyme also catalyses an exchange reaction between raffinose and sucrose (cf. EC 2.4.1.123, inositol 3-α-galactosyltransferase).

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 62213-45-0

References:

1. Lehle, L. and Tanner, W. The function of myo-inositol in the biosynthesis of raffinose. Purification and characterization of galactinol:sucrose 6-galactosyltransferase from Vicia faba seeds. Eur. J. Biochem. 38 (1973) 103-110. [PMID: 4774118]

2. Lehle, L., Tanner, W. and Kandler, O. Myo-inositol, a cofactor in the biosynthesis of raffinose. Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 351 (1970) 1494-1498. [PMID: 5491608]

[EC 2.4.1.82 created 1976, modified 2003]


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